6 Endangered Tech Species - Another out-of-touch crap from yahoo

[nageov3t]

e-ink may be way better but i have serious doubts that the general public has any clue about that.

it's kind of a moo point, though, considering that the general public doesn't read in the first place.

 

[Zargon]

i <3 my garmin, I am stuck with blackberry for work so no droid with google nav, and my wife doesnt have/need/want a smart phone.

even if I get a driod phone, my wife will need a gps....

netbooks are still viable as they are waaaay cheaper than the ipad.....

that whole article is lame and stupid

 

[AMDZen]

Personally I agree with a lot of the article. Especially the digital camera piece. My iPhone4 now replaces my point and shoot. Nice to only carry one device for phone, mp3 player and camera.

 

[mugs]

This one seems to me written by someone addicted to apple.


Link to article

1. Digital cameras - replaced by start phones.
Epic Fail - lot of ppl still care about the sensor and lens not to mention the flash and battery life.

2. Video-Game Consoles - again, replaced by start phones
OMG EPIC PHAIL x 2 - are you fvckin kidding me, did he totally forget about graphics quality, screen size and interactivity...

3. Navigation Devices - again, replaced by start phones
Somewhat agree - but a standalone device that just does its job will always be popular and right now the smartphone based GPS are a joke.

4. Tablets
5. Netbooks
6. E-Readers
All replaced by ipads I guess... and understandably so, they were never really popular with the masses.

What I find funny is his love for iStuff... I guess he has already replaced his vibrators with them...

1. Cameras -
Yeah. The best camera is the one you have with you. I stopped using my video camera when I got a point & shoot digicam that takes good video. I stopped using my p&s digicam when I got a phone that takes good pictures. I still have it, and I'll still use it occasionally when I want something better than a phone but don't feel like bringing a DSLR. I don't feel a need to replace it though (it's 4 years old)

2. Game consoles -
Phones may put a dent in the NDS and PSP, but not real consoles.

3. I'd say my phone has taken over a good portion of the responsibilities of my GPS. Downside - Google Maps needs Internet connectivity, and if I'm in a completely unfamiliar area I'll still want turn by turn voice directions from my GPS.

4. I don't know about this, the iPad seems to be selling well.

5. I'll take a $400 laptop over a $300 netbook any day. Netbooks are more portable, but are inferior in every other way.

6. Amazon just released a $139 Kindle, which was low enough that I finally bought one. It was difficult for me to spend that much on a single purpose device, but no other device can really beat an eReader for reading... except paper, but then I have to store it.


Convergence devices are where it's at. If I can get all kinds of functionality in one device, even if it's a bit inferior to a bunch of separate single-purpose devices, I'm going with the device that does it all. I hate bulging pockets.

 

[AMDZen]

6. Amazon just released a $139 Kindle, which was low enough that I finally bought one. It was difficult for me to spend that much on a single purpose device, but no other device can really beat an eReader for reading... except paper, but then I have to store it.

The reason I will never buy an eReader, unless maybe the Sony one - is because I refuse to be limited to one store. On my iPhone I can buy from any store, and if I really want to be stuck with DRM crap, I can download individual apps for the stores I want to buy the eBooks from. Amazon, B&N, whoever.

I would never touch a kindle.

 

[Fritzo]

13. I'd say my phone has taken over a good portion of the responsibilities of my GPS. Downside - Google Maps needs Internet connectivity, and if I'm in a completely unfamiliar area I'll still want turn by turn voice directions from my GPS.
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If I'm not mistaken, Maps only needs connectivity when it first loads.

 

[nageov3t]

I'm pretty sure that you can read non-amazon books on a kindle.

 

[Cogman]

The reason I will never buy an eReader, unless maybe the Sony one - is because I refuse to be limited to one store. On my iPhone I can buy from any store, and if I really want to be stuck with DRM crap, I can download individual apps for the stores I want to buy the eBooks from. Amazon, B&N, whoever.

I would never touch a kindle.

Kindle isn't an "amazon only" device. It supports many standard formats. It only connects to the amazon store for books, but it is able to have books transfered to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#File_formats

 

[zerocool84]

The reason I will never buy an eReader, unless maybe the Sony one - is because I refuse to be limited to one store. On my iPhone I can buy from any store, and if I really want to be stuck with DRM crap, I can download individual apps for the stores I want to buy the eBooks from. Amazon, B&N, whoever.

I would never touch a kindle.

You don't like being lock down to a single device but are an Apple fanboi??? *ERROR* *ERROR*

 

[halik]

This one seems to me written by someone addicted to apple.


Link to article

1. Digital cameras - replaced by start phones.
Epic Fail - lot of ppl still care about the sensor and lens not to mention the flash and battery life.

2. Video-Game Consoles - again, replaced by start phones
OMG EPIC PHAIL x 2 - are you fvckin kidding me, did he totally forget about graphics quality, screen size and interactivity...

3. Navigation Devices - again, replaced by start phones
Somewhat agree - but a standalone device that just does its job will always be popular and right now the smartphone based GPS are a joke.

4. Tablets
5. Netbooks
6. E-Readers
All replaced by ipads I guess... and understandably so, they were never really popular with the masses.

What I find funny is his love for iStuff... I guess he has already replaced his vibrators with them...

Everything computer-related will be replaced by iPad. Got it.

This is what happens when tech companies hire unemployed english majors.

 

[DangerAardvark]

"If I have an iPhone vs. a dedicated game machine, I'm still going to have a Nintendo Wii in my house because I can't do those things on the iPhone," Dulaney says. "If it ever turned out that the iPhone could do all the gestures I needed, then the Wii is under pressure and would fade away."

Apparently the purpose of the Nintendo Wii is to fulfill your need for gestures.

 

[AMDZen]

You don't like being lock down to a single device but are an Apple fanboi??? *ERROR* *ERROR*

I would never buy books from the iTunes store for the same reason. You are hardly locked down with the iphone

 

[SagaLore]

Public displays of affection.

We'll be making love to robots soon enough.

I'm in!

 

[DesiPower]

I'm in!

 

[PricklyPete]

If I'm not mistaken, Maps only needs connectivity when it first loads.

I'm not sure about Maps...but with MotionX for the iPhone...you just need the connection when you set the route up...it will continually download the map "pics" as you drive...but if you lose connection, it still shows you the roads...just not the surrounding landscape. Not sure how it would perform on "re-routing" if you head out of the downloaded info...that would likely be an issue...one I haven't had a problem with yet.

Still, in the long run I see stand-alones going away.

 

[Zargon]

Personally I agree with a lot of the article. Especially the digital camera piece. My iPhone4 now replaces my point and shoot. Nice to only carry one device for phone, mp3 player and camera.

ugh.

phone camers are nowhere near as nice as even an OK PS with a decent CCD. ever look at those photos on a real screen?

 

[lokiju]

I think the point of the article was missed here.

"Endangered" is the key word.

It's talking about things that are in risk of going away, not that have already been replaced.

 

[Cogman]

I think the point of the article was missed here.

"Endangered" is the key word.

It's talking about things that are in risk of going away, not that have already been replaced.

Except that none of the things it mentioned are actually in risk of going away (except for maybe the GPS unit)

 

[lupi]

last 3 i dont have nor plan to, first three are stupid reasons.

 

[Ns1]

TBH 1-3 was replaced by the iPhone for me

I rarely bust out the P&S

Nintendo DS = collecting dust (but me and the wifey have over 100 apps...)

Navigation? LOL Why spend money on that shit when I can just buy an app?

 

[killster1]

well i use my Smart windows phone (and android phones) for gps and it works fine. Never played a game on anything short of a iphone and was mildly entertaining, (i own 6 xbox360's and 10 computers hehe) and a few laptops netbooks and 1 tablet. Never considered buying a ipad. Sound to much like a tampad,

 

[shortylickens]

I'd swear this is the exact same article they had 6 months ago.
Do they get fucking paid? Or are they doing it for free and hoping their names will get noticed? Cuz nobody should be paid for those articles.

 

[DesiPower]

I'd swear this is the exact same article they had 6 months ago.
Do they get fucking paid? Or are they doing it for free and hoping their names will get noticed? Cuz nobody should be paid for those articles.

ppl get paid for doing research to hypothesize that eating too much meat will make you fat... atleast the yahoo idiots are not getting paid by taxpayers dollars

 

[zinfamous]

I don't have a start phone.

KT

me neither, what are these?

and digital cameras???

OMGWTFBBQTALIBANTALIBANTALIBAN!

fucking idiocy found within this list.

 

[zinfamous]

I think the point of the article was missed here.

"Endangered" is the key word.

It's talking about things that are in risk of going away, not that have already been replaced.

no way in fuck digital cameras are endangered by utterly inferior shitbird cell phone cameras.

I agree with navigation, though.